Entry 2: Website updates


Saturday, July 18th 2026

Howdy, it's Saturday and I am working on some website updates. Since this is my first update, I will cover what I have learned so far. Afterwards, I will continue to add new updates when I learn new concepts, ordered by the most recent update first. Today, the course I am using HTML & CSS for Absolute Beginners has covered lists, so I am going to format my information that way to demonstrate. Since beginning this course, I have learned two realizations:
  1. The html I thought I knew was actually me copying and pasting a lot of stuff into my myspace page lol.
  2. Color schemes aren't very helpful if you dont have any formatting.

A few days ago, I attempted to pick a color scheme and I am on the fence with it but I am going to leave it for now until I learn more about how to format information on my website. So far, a lot of what I have is just text on a page, and there are no boarders, backgrounds, dropdown menus, or anything to help group the information and make it easier to read. I am going to keep the color scheme for now, and maybe play around with it later once I learn how to do that stuff. Here are some other topics the course has covered that I have been using:
  • HTML tags: Structure and logic
  • Creating headers and paragraphs
  • Creating links and adding photos using the img and href commands
  • Nesting tags in order to create better formatting
  • CSS or Cascading style sheets: Syntax and formatting
  • Using hex codes
  • Creating ordered and unordered lists.
  • Text alignment in CSS

Today has been a lot of formatting to try and make my html a little more readable. Less information on the front end, but the back end is looking great! I am also creating notes and organizing them so I can copy and paste common elements, like a template or quick reference sheet. Okay that is all for now! I will add more as I go along!